This time it wasn't by design, but it worked like a gem of a game plan.

Coach Mark Jackson, who at times during his first season instructed his players to purposely foul poor free-throw shooters, didn't want his guys to foul the Clippers on Saturday.

At least, not this much.

Their too-handsy defense resulted in an absurd 34 fouls and 52 Los Angeles free throws, but it also created so many stoppages that it disrupted the uber-athletic Clippers' running game and allowed the Warriors to escape with a 114-110 victory in front of the 52nd consecutive sellout at Staples Center.

Jackson had actually used the tactic against the Clippers' terrible free-throw-shooting tandem of Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan in a loss last season. Jackson also famously sent Dwight Howard to the line 39 times, and Howard responded with 45 points and 23 rebounds in an Orlando victory.

This time it was by accident. And the game accidentally came down to a foul and some free throws.

Jarrett Jack made two free throws to extend the Warriors' lead to 111-108 with 30.6 seconds remaining. Chris Paul trimmed the deficit back to one point with a layup with 23.8 on the clock, but Stephen Curry pushed the lead back to two with the back end of two free throws with 21.4 seconds left.

Curry made up for the missed free throw by drawing a charge on Paul a layup that would have tied it with 7.5 seconds left. Then, the Warriors' point guard knocked down two free throws to ice the victory.

Paul and Jamal Crawford had three-pointers sandwiched around a Harrison Barnes layup to tie it 105-105 with two minutes remaining. Jack and Paul traded free throws to keep the game tied with 1:35 left. Curry made a floater that Griffin couldn't answer, giving the Warriors a 109-107 lead with 1:12 remaining, but the Warriors committed a shot-clock violation to give the Clippers another chance.

Carl Landry and Curry each had 23 points for the Warriors. Klay Thompson added 17 points, and Jack had 16. The Clippers were led by Paul and Crawford, who both went for 27.

A night after Jackson said his guys were fouling too much and gifting opponents too many free points, the Warriors were on pace to set records in charity. By halftime, four Warriors starters had three fouls apiece and three reserves had at least two fouls. They sent the Clippers to the line 31 times in the first half, and Los Angeles connected on 25 free throws.

The most free throws the Warriors have ever allowed in a game came in a 122-111 overtime loss to Dallas in 1987, when the Mavericks earned 57 free-throw attempts. The Golden State record for free throws converted by an opponent came in 2010, when Washington made 48 fouls shots in a 129-124 victory.

On top of all of the personal fouls, the game included seven first-half technical fouls.